On Tuesday, we pressed the Cabernet and Marinus gave Lorena and me two pounds of expired wine yeast to bake more bread. And we baked bread with garlic in it both last night and tonight. Yes, we have a lot of time on our hands. We labelled bottles at work and Marinus invited us to his house Friday for a barbecue.
I called the winemaker at Gladstone Vineyards in New Zealand on Skype before work and he wanted me to work for him whenever I could get there! I was very happy and flattered that he said I was at the top of his list of applicants. The winery is located on the north island about one hour and 15 minutes from the capital, Wellington. There will be lots of hand punch downs which are good for muscle-building. I will live in a loft above the barrel room, there are winery cars I can take into town 10 minutes away, and communal dinners are common. Marinus said we'd be done April first, so I should have time to travel the Garden Route. I booked a flight from Port Elizabeth (the end of the Garden Rout) to Wellington on April 7th, arriving April 9th. It will be over 36 hours travel time with the train to the winery. I'm very happy and excited to be going back to New Zealand. The waiting is the difficult part.
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